Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-05-20
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

NOhtihIt III oOllilS all dIteeldI
well i'll Adams county was let to IA Sc
attic man on a bid of S. 80 per foot
whic h was the lowest.
A couple of men arrived in Daven
port, the other day, says the Times
having walked all the way from Iowa
and intend going out into the Benz
and cabbaging onto n piece of Uncle
Sans rolling prairie.
Louis Hoffercamp, an old resident o
Whatcom, printer by trade, WAL
drowned last Saturday, in Mirror lake
a few miles from Whatcom. He Wal
out in small canoe fishing, when i
upset with the above result.
The Northern Pacific line to Puget
Sound is to be known as the Mount
Tacoma route. The road passes about
twenty miles from the grandest peak
in the United States, and yet it looks
but few hundred yards of.
The Yakima Signal says that E. r
Roaming reports that his peanut croI
last year proved such q successful ven
ture that he will have an increased
acreage this year if the Chinese do not
commence their cultivation. &. w.
Carey will begin the growing of pea
nuts with one acre.
Snohomish Eye: A. w. Bash, ex-
Collector of Customs, representing the
Port Townsend Board of Trade, has
been in Whatcom working up big
steamboat scheme. He promises to
build a $4,000 steamer to ply be-
tween Port Townsend and the Cana
dian Pacific, via the Whatcom railway.
A big Government subsidy is promised.
Walla Walla Union: Thomas B.
Hardin, Jr., examining agent of the
Department of Justice from Washing
ton city, was engaged Monday in TAX
ing the testimony Of Charles Henry,
late Deputy United States Marshal, in
investigating the charges of official
misconduct by United States Marshal
T. J. Hamilton. Mr.. Hardin has been
engaged for nearly three months in
examining into the case on Puget
| Sound.
Cheha!is Valley Eidette: The citizens
Of COsmopolis were aroused from their
slumbers early last Sunday morning
by the startled cry of fire, which proved
to be in the store-house owned by the
company, standing near the wharf. Al
though the entire community turned
out and every possible effort was made
to save the building, yet it soon burned
to the ground with its contents. The
structure was filed with machinery for
the enlargement of the mill, and other
property belonging to the company.
The loss is about $4,000. The con-
flagation was caused by the extreme
high tide flowing into the building and
wetting some barrels of lime which
had been stored there. We believe
there is no insurance.
The Seattle Associated Press report
er says that the contractors on the 49,
mile section of the Seattle and Eastern
Railroad have over 400 men in their
employ, and that inside of two weeks
will have over 600 men at work.
Their payroll this month will amount
to over $4,000. The ship Rhodalmia,
loaded with steel rails from Moss Bay
iron works, Workington, England,
for this company, was spoken few
days ago off the Lower California
coast, and will soon be due at Port
Townsend. She will be followed later
by the ships Persia, Joseph L. Phinney
and Baron Blantyre, having altogether
about 5000 tons of rails for this road.
The construction company are en-
larging and extending SCOTS wharf,
for the purpose of receiving rails and
materials as fast as they arrive There
are 600 tons now at Vancouver, waiting
to be transferred, and as soon as the
wharf is completed they will be
brought down by the Wdlla Walla.
Locomotives and cars will arrive over
the Canadian Pacific railway, the first
one about the 10th of June.
A ride over the switchback is no less
interesting than curious at the present
time, says the Puyallup Commerce.
The road rises at a gradual elevation
and has to make two tacks in gaining
the summit from the east side. On
nearing the summit the road passes
between two perpendicular walls of
snow. In few places there is just
room enough for the cars to pass
through without scraping the walls.
In one place the top Of the car took a
shaving off the snow wall. There are
a great many bridges ON the switch
back route. The highest, $50 feet, is
at the beginning of the approach. at
the last end. This trestle work is
called bridging; but in few in
stances are they over water courses,
they are over dry gulches. The trip is
now made daily over the summit and
down on the west side to the end of
the track. The material for extend
ing the road is all taken from the east
side. The road on the west side is now
completed to the west end tof the
switchback; but there is no decapod
to do duty in climbing the grade from
that side. The middle of next month
will see the two ends connected.